Nordic Shares Close Flat; Embracer Group Series B Leads Increases

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Nordic stocks were flat Tuesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index holding steady at 2,835.63.

Embracer Group AB Series B was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, increasing 7.6%, and SKF AB Series A gained 6.8%. Kinnevik AB Series A rounded out the top three leaders on Tuesday, with shares gaining 6.5%.

Dometic Group AB posted the largest decline, plunging 11.4%, followed by Kongsberg Gruppen ASA shares, which fell 8.0%. Shares of Kaldvik A/S declined 7.1%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index declined 1.2%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, rose 0.8%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index rose 1.0%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI declined 0.4%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index adding 0.6%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index rising 0.4% and the FTSE 100 Index adding 0.4% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.3%, while gold futures were down 0.6%. Bitcoin rose 5.7% to $61,214.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index rose 0.3% to 95.96.

Against the euro, the U.S. dollar was up 0.1%, the Icelandic krona was flat, the Norwegian krone was flat, the Danish krone was flat, and the Swedish krona was down 0.1%.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Norwegian krone was flat, the Icelandic krona was down 0.1%, the Danish krone was down 0.1%, the euro was down 0.1%, and the Swedish krona was down 0.2%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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September 17, 2024 12:21 ET (16:21 GMT)

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